New Wilmette Chiropractor Offers Tranquil, Healing Environment

Ben Duke, a seasoned chiropractor who described his practice as a healing program in a tranquil environment thats predicated on fast results. Everyone has some type of stress, and that accumulates and can cause many physical symptoms, said Duke, who sold his seven-year practice in Mokena, Illinois and moved to Wilmette to start a family with his fiance, Jacqueline Cesaroni. Bad posture or stress on the body can cause nerve interference, and getting proper motion to the body can remove the interference so the body can heal itself. Duke grew up playing baseball, and first discovered an interested in becoming a chiropractor when he was injured in high school and went to see a chiropractor who he claimed saved him from having to have surgery. After graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a double major in biology and chemistry, Duke played minor league baseball for a year, and then headed to medical school. Shortly into the year, he had a change of heart when it came to his career choice. I started doing observatory hours in hospitals for medical school and I realized I wanted to be on the proactive side of health care, said Duke. Three and a half years later, Duke graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College. Everyday I get to come in and see miracles, Duke said. Its all about enabling the human body to do its job, which is to heal, whether that means a high school athlete being able to continue doing the sport they love or an elderly person being able to garden or bike. Thats the proactive side of health care. Elite Wellness offers corrective therapies, chiropractic adjustments, activator technique, needleless acupuncture, custom foot orthotics, chiropractic services for athletes, neurological and spinal screening, and lifestyle advice. Were family based, Duke said. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://wilmette.suntimes.com/people/eli_te-WIL-10102013:article

Chiropractor convicted of exploiting the elderly

Those that are seeking treatment for tension headaches may often see a drastic improvement with just a few spinal adjustments as the nerves become less irritated and the muscles are more relaxed. Dr. Jason Miller, an Attleboro and Seekonk, MA chiropractor, may do one or more of the following if you suffer from a primary headache: Perform spinal manipulation or chiropractic adjustments to improve spinal function and alleviate the stress on a patient’s system; Provide nutritional advice, recommending a change in diet and perhaps the addition of B complex vitamins; Offer advice on posture, ergonomics, exercises and relaxation techniques. This advice should help to relieve the recurring joint irritation and tension in the muscles of the neck and upper back. “Chiropractic treatment may play a significant role in reducing the number of migraines a person has. By careful manipulation of the neck and spine, chiropractic adjustments may be able to reduce irritation in the spine, preventing radiating or referred pain, and improving vascular flow,” said Dr. Miller about patients in Attleboro and Seekonk with headaches. Chiropractic treatment centers around the idea of manipulating the spinal column and neck to improve posture and blood flow. By contacting Dr. Jason Miller, a chiropractor serving Seekonk, MA, patients can gain further information on how chiropractic care can relieve their headache pain. About Miller Chiropractic Health Center: Dr. Jason Miller is the owner and president of Miller Chiropractic Health Center, Inc. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/visit-miller-chiropractic-health-center-in-attleboro-for-headache-pain-relief-364481.php

I’d only send my baby to one under very specific circumstances. Before we get into it, it’s worth noting that the chiropractor who reportedly broke the baby’s neck wasn’t really given any real repercussions. According to reports, the chiropractor in question was simply told to take more classes in how to treat small children. Seems like a pretty lenient “punishment” for someone who broke an infant’s neck. And also part of the problem. I think if people are going to take their baby to a chiropractor, they should go to someone who specializes in baby chiropractic adjustment, as opposed to going to a regular chiropractor. We take our kids to pediatricians and pediatric dentists; why would this be a case where someone who typically works on adults has license to work on babies? They’re not the same. That should be the change that’s implemented — right now — to avoid having this ever happen again. Baby chiropractors don’t need to be banned altogether, but if someone is going to work on a baby, they should be trained a million times over in that specific area. (Hello, they’re right near the spine!) Now, check out a video of a little cutie getting their back worked on. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/161862/4montholds_neck_broken_during_chiropractic

Chiropractor Breaks 4-Month-Old’s Neck During Treatment

It happened last year when the chiropractor, whose name as not released, treated a 4-month-old baby girl for torticollis, or what’s described as an abnormal neck position. During the adjustment, the doctor accidentally fractured one of the baby’s vertebrae. “Another few millimeters and there would have been a devastating spinal cord injury and the baby would have either died or had severe neurological impairment with quadriplegia,” Dr. Chris Pappas, who later treated the girl and aided in her recovery, told the Herald. Editor’s Note: ObamaCare Is About to Strike. Are You Prepared? Pappas filed a complaint with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, which later referred the case to the Chiropractic Board. He then received a letter about three weeks ago informing him that the case had been closed and the chiropractor in question had agreed to complete further education. Pappas said the Board’s decision in essence gives the OK to chiropractors to practice on infants and small children, something that he thinks is unsafe. “I think they have put the chiropractor’s interests before the interests of the public,” he told the Herald. “[Treating infants] is inappropriate and it carries a very small but real risk of causing damage, and in some cases, devastating damage.” However, Laurie Tassell, president of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia, argues that it is safe to practice on a person of any age. “Chiropractic care can be remarkably gentle,” Tassell said. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/chiropractor-breaks-baby-neck/2013/09/30/id/528303

Danny Trejo returns in ‘Machete Kills’

MDT Updated: Tuesday, Oct. 8 2013 4:42 p.m. MDT A Utah chiropractor has been convicted of exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Shutterstock A Utah chiropractor has been convicted of exploitation of a vulnerable adult. WEST JORDAN A Utah chiropractor has been convicted of exploiting the elderly. Brandon Lee Babcock, 38, was convicted by a jury following a five-day trial on six counts of exploitation of a vulnerable adult, all third-degree felonies. He was found not guilty of four other counts. Babcock, a chiropractor from Cedar Hills, claimed he was able to cure diabetes and other health issues, according to prosecutors. He advertised that potential patients would be given a free consultation with a chance to “opt-out” within 30 days of beginning. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865587968/Chiropractor-convicted-of-exploiting-the-elderly.html?pg=all

Chiropractor Breaks Baby’s Neck, Allowed To Keep Practicing

11. “I think in 1962 the cops broke my shoulder with a baton, and it always bothered me,” Trejo, 69, explains. RELATED: ‘MACHETE KILLS,’ MOVIE REVIEW “I walk up to (Gibson), he looks at me and says, ‘You got a bad shoulder, huh?’ Then he pushed on it and you heard this sound, and it hasn’t bothered me since. He’s like a chiropractor; he was fixing everybody’s backs on the set.” In director Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete Kills,” Trejo reprises the role of Machete Cortez – a machete-wielding ex-Federale who gorily avenged the deaths of his wife and daughter at the hands of a Mexican drug lord in 2010’s “Machete.” Cortez is enlisted by U.S. President Rathcock (Carlos Estevez, aka Charlie Sheen) to deal with a nuclear threat south of the border, putting him on a collision course with countless assassins, a twisted Mexican revolutionary (Demian Bichir) north york chiropractors and a ruthless arms dealer played by Gibson. “This film is such an adrenaline rush,” Trejo says. RELATED: ALEXA VEGA SHOOTS PAST SPY KIDS FOR MORE GROWN UP ROLE IN MACHETE KILLS Machete Kills also stars Sophia Vergara and Alexa Vega. As violent as its predecessor, “Machete Kills” ratchets up the babe factor. It features such Latina lovelies as Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Hudgens and Alexa Vega alongside franchise veterans Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba. When asked which of the actresses would win a beauty pageant with him as its sole judge, Trejo couldn’t bear the thought. “There’s no way,” he jokes. “If I had to pick one, I’d (shoot) myself.” For Trejo, becoming a movie star – and being surrounded by some of the world’s hottest women as part of your job description – would have seemed like nothing but a pipe dream when he was a younger, troubled man. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/danny-trejo-returns-machete-kills-article-1.1482249